Miami Heat forward LeBron James, the NBA's 2012-13 MVP, was a unanimous selection to the All-NBA first team, announced Thursday.

James is joined on the first team by Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, San Antonio's Tim Duncan, the L.A. Clippers' Chris Paul and the L.A. Lakers' Kobe Bryant.

It is Bryant's 11th first team selection, and that ties him with Hall of Famer Karl Malone for most selections. James finished the regular season as the league's only player to lead his team in scoring (26.8 ppg), rebounding (8.0 rpg) and assists (7.3 apg). Duncan notched his 10th selection to the first team, and his first since 2006-07. It is the fourth first-team selection for Durant, and the third for Paul.

The Trail Blazers' LaMarcus Aldridge just missed making the All-NBA third team, finishing with 62 points in the voting. The forwards voted to the third team were David Lee (79 points) and Paul George (73 points). The Blazers' JJ Hickson received one third-team vote.

A panel of 119 sportswriters and broadcasters chose the All-NBA teams. The media voted for All-NBA first, second and third teams by position with points awarded on a 5-3-1 basis.